#E8994E#E8994E

#E8994E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8994E
RGB	rgb(232, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(29, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 66.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 22.79, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 55.41, 65.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0616 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.131 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0484, 40.4925, 12.5969)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8994E #4E9DE8

analogous

#E84E50 #E8994E #E8E64E

triadic

#E8994E #4EE899 #994EE8

tetradic

#E8994E #50E84E #4E9DE8 #E64EE8

square

#E8994E #50E84E #4E9DE8 #E64EE8

split-complementary

#E8994E #4EE8E6 #4E50E8

monochromatic

#A65C16 #DC7A1D #E8994E #EFB884 #F6D7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E8994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E8994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8994E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8994E	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b782',
    500: '#e8994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8994e;
$custom-light: #f4b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.221,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8994E

secondary

#ACCAE6

accent

#75D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8994E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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